PROFESSIONALS ABOUT JUST HOW CLEANER HOME SHOULD BE HE JOINS . US LIVE. ZAVIER? ZAVIER: GUY, I SPOKE TO ONE CLEANING EXPERT AND HE SAYS WHILE HE CAN’T SEE THEM, GERMS ARE HERE, HERE AND EVEN HERE. , HE SAYS MOST GERMS CAN LIVE ON A SURFACE FOR DAYS AND IF YOU TOUCH THEM, YOU CAN PASS THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING. >> REMEMBER HOW MANY PLACES YOU TOUCH EVERY DAY. ZAVIER: RICHARD JONES, CEO OF JONES GLOBAL SOLUTIONS SAYS DOOR KNOBS, LIGHT SWITCHES, FRIDGE DOOR HANDLES ARE JUST SOME COMMON PLACES MANY PEOPLE FORGET TO DISINFECT. >> YOU KIND OF WANT TO GET ADDICTED TO WALKING AROUND WITH DISINFECTANT JUST TO KIND OF GET YOU IN THAT MODE. IF POSSIBLE, I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE A MICROFIBER TOWEL AS WELL BECAUSE IT’S GETTING UP MORE GERMS THAN YOUR AVERAGE TOWEL. ZAVIER: BUT WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEANING AND DISINFECTING? JONES SAYS CLEANING WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS CLEARING THE SURFACE BUT DISINFECTING IS , USING A CHEMICAL. >> RIGHT NOW DURING COVID-19, WE ARE GOING IN IMPLEMENTING OUR VIRUS ERADICATION PROCESS WHICH , IS BASICALLY USING OUR ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYERS TO GO IN AND ELIMINATE THE VIRU ZAVIER: JONES SAYS DURING THIS PANDEMIC, AND CLEANING SUPPLIES BEING SCARCE IT WOULDN’T HURT TO , IMPROVISE USING BLEACH AND WATER. >> JUST MAKE SURE IT’S NOT TO STRONG. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO DILUTE IT ZAVIER: HE SAYS DURING THIS CRISIS WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF GERMS FROM PERSON TO PERSON. >> WE HAVE TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AT TIMES LIKE THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE XAVIER: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW TO DISINFE YOUR HOME,

One toddler became dizzy, fell and hit her head after drinking from a large bottle of hand sanitizer. A woman had a scary coughing and wheezing fit while soaking her produce in a sink containing bleach, vinegar and hot water.Reports of accidental poisonings from cleaners and disinfectants are up this year, and researchers believe it's related to the coronavirus epidemic.Such poisonings were up about 20 percent in the first three months of this year, compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019, according to a report Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The authors said they can't prove coronavirus drove the increase, but said it seems likely the two are linked, given the number of stay-at-home orders and guidance to clean hands and dirty surfaces. They warned against using more cleaner than directed, mixing multiple products together or using them in poorly ventilated areas.The report was based on more than 45,000 recent calls to 55 poison control centers across the country involving exposures to cleaning chemicals or disinfectants.The same period in 2019 saw 38,000 such calls, while 2018 had 39,000.Roughly 40% of calls this year were about poisonings in children age 5 or younger, but increases were seen in all age groups. Bleach accounted for the largest share of the increase overall, but for young children the rise was mainly in mishaps involving nonalcohol disinfectants and hand sanitizers, the CDC reported.

One toddler became dizzy, fell and hit her head after drinking from a large bottle of hand sanitizer. A woman had a scary coughing and wheezing fit while soaking her produce in a sink containing bleach, vinegar and hot water.

Reports of accidental poisonings from cleaners and disinfectants are up this year, and researchers believe it's related to the coronavirus epidemic.

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Such poisonings were up about 20 percent in the first three months of this year, compared with the same period in 2018 and 2019, according to a report Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The authors said they can't prove coronavirus drove the increase, but said it seems likely the two are linked, given the number of stay-at-home orders and guidance to clean hands and dirty surfaces. They warned against using more cleaner than directed, mixing multiple products together or using them in poorly ventilated areas.

The report was based on more than 45,000 recent calls to 55 poison control centers across the country involving exposures to cleaning chemicals or disinfectants.

The same period in 2019 saw 38,000 such calls, while 2018 had 39,000.

Roughly 40% of calls this year were about poisonings in children age 5 or younger, but increases were seen in all age groups. Bleach accounted for the largest share of the increase overall, but for young children the rise was mainly in mishaps involving nonalcohol disinfectants and hand sanitizers, the CDC reported.